Uganda, April 19 -- The lockdown came with many things that did not stand the test of time. For instance, there was a time when everyone became a podcaster, talk show host, or cooking show host. You could think everyone out there owned a YouTube channel and was creating content in one way or another.

Then there were artistes and the lockdown shows. With a camera and a mic, audiences were serenaded. It was something that many artistes thought was serenading, but truth be told, there were just a few shows where people were indeed serenaded.

But online shows had not been entirely new; for example, in 2017, singer Anne Nassanga, alias Afrie, organised a series of online shows to launch a number of new songs and tease her EP.

Thus, by 2020,...